The Pot

This is a simulation of potted plants for Unity. The underlying procedural algorithm is based on Lindenmayer Systems (i.e. L-Systems). I based a lot of the design on work by Allen Pike.

Currently, the defaults are configured to draw the L-System characterised by the axiom X and the rule X=F[-XF][+XF][lXF][rXF],F[-FX][+FX][lFX][rFX]. Additional nice-looking examples are:

Axiom F and rule F=F[-F][lF]F[+F][rF]F,F[lF][rF]F[-F][+F]F
Axiom X and rule X=Fl[[X]+X]rF[+FX]-X,F+[[X]rX]-F[lFX]+X

The PlantGenerator class exposes additional variables that allow the modification of the plant base radius, the degree of rotation for every rotation operation, etc. refer to the documentation within the code.

Trying it out yourself

Make sure to clone the repository via git and git-lfs (git large file storage). Git-lfs is necessary due to git's poor handling of binary files.

$ git clone https://github.com/nausicaea/flowerpot.git
$ cd flowerpot
$ git lfs pull

Then, you should be able to open the project in Unity. Load the Scene file Main.unity to get the test environment.